Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Boston
A new novel by the author of The Last Chinese Chef, a love story between a black musician and a gangster's translator set against Shanghai's dazzling jazz age and the looming menace of World War II, and "a rich and thoroughly captivating read." (Gail...
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A new novel by the author of The Last Chinese Chef, a love story between a black musician and a gangster's translator set against Shanghai's dazzling jazz age and the looming menace of World War II, and "a rich and thoroughly captivating read." (Gail Tsukiyama, author of The Samurai's Garden) Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Front Matter -- Half Title -- Books By Nicole Mones -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Quotes -- Part I: Disorder Within, Disaster Without -- 1. -- 2. -- 3. -- 4. -- 5. -- 6. -- Part II: The Dark World -- 7. -- 8. -- 9. -- Back Matter -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- A Note of Romanization -- Back Flap -- Back Cover
Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods.Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of...
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Set in post-World War II Shanghai, The Song of Everlasting Sorrow follows the adventures of Wang Qiyao, a girl born of the longtong, the crowded, labyrinthine alleys of Shanghai's working-class neighborhoods.Infatuated with the glitz and glamour of 1940s Hollywood, Wang Qiyao seeks fame in the Miss Shanghai beauty pageant, and this fleeting moment of stardom becomes the pinnacle of her life. During the next four decades, Wang Qiyao indulges in the decadent pleasures of pre-liberation Shanghai, secretly playing mahjong during the antirightist Movement and exchanging lovers on the eve of the Cul
